The reading, “Finding Evidence” explains how some evidence can be irrelevant according to the argument you are trying to make and the point you want to bring across. An examples that Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz bring up is when making an argument that government officials should use policies that date back fifty years, it is not logical because circumstances have already changed and may not work as effectively as it did in fifty years. Also when it comes to collecting data, the reading suggests that quantitative data may be the best evidence to use when supporting our point. Next, the reading goes into how we can find our evidence, whether it is from the internet, the library, or from our peers, we should make sure they are credible and reliable because a strong argument requires a concrete evidence. The reading provides methods on how to go about obtaining evidence like using keywords on search engines, asking the librarian for help, even perform experiments if we are able to. The reading also encourages us to use personal experience if we could, but not write an argument based solely on that evidence as it would not be as strong.
The reading, “Under MyThumb”, Chelsea Booth describes her experiences along with evidence of sexual assault occurring in music concerts. In the writing, she points out that male figures of music history are more discussed than female musicians. She points out that the professor makes pointless claims to exclude female figures and she argues there is much better music to learn than from John Cage’s 4’33” and describes the music piece to be “silence”. Some of the personal experiences that the writer brings up is her encounter with a man and had sexually assaulted her during the concert. She also provided information on how common sexual assaults in music concerts, but areas like Coachella refuse to make changes for the consumer’s safety. Evidence like that strongly supports her claim because it is relevant to her argument and leaves the reader thinking why places like these aren’t taking action against sexual assault even though its commonly known issue. Overall, all her evidence points back to why women aren’t acknowledged or treated fairly and used sources from surveys and her experiences.